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Principle My teachers - those pillars of knowledge & wisdom Eastern Dance Laurie Williams Eman Haddad Dr. Maya Peg Blader (Leila) Khadizha Debbie Aleatha Numerous unknown, moonlit SCA dancers Eva Cernik Mahisha Alial Suzanna del Vecchio Dahlia Sakti Gypsy Ames & Sheridan Smith Joynan Jenna Woods Mahalia & Rachell Morocco Carolena Nericcio Fat Chance Belly Dance Suhaila Salimpour Kamaal James Sanchez - drumming Ximena Flamenco & Folklorico Mexicano Nancy Derby Meagan Leila Chandler Grupo Folklorico del Pueblo Sali Gutierez Cristina Moguel - Carlota Santana Dance Co. Various & Sundry Mrs. Petry - writing, English and belief in myself & my arts Mr. Garnder - a love of history and how to share one's passion with others of like mind Doris Ressel ballet, modern, Polynesian, choreography, kinesiology, dance history Ann Bergeron jazz, tap & fearless awareness of my body Ron Marchese - my lifesaver of a college advisor & Classical History instructor who shared his secrets of tenacity Derrick Hildman swing dance Mary Ripper Baker my cherished physical therapist who reminded me that there is no box Paul Del Vecchio more physical therapy and meditation Santiago Barela, Matt Williams, Joshua Maes and the other instructors & students at AKKA~Karate who have taught me far more than how to defend myself All of my students former & current My parents - my first, most cherished and longest lasting teachers |
Passion My muses - those pillars of inspiration & support ... Baraka Beloved friends near & far Bider, Bunny, Dart & Mick Carmen Amaya Cori & Yuri Fierkens Curandero Cruz Luna Dalia Carella Damon Runyon Theater Dave & Candy Prudhomme Dos Bertos Espiritu de Flamenco Elizabeth Artemis Mourat Eva Cernik Everyone who told me, "You can't," and "You don't do it right." FatChance Belly Dance Fire, wind, earth, water & sky Friday Thorn George Abdo Hadia Hahbi 'Ru Hal Jensen Heart of the Romani Helm Horatio Cifuentes Hossam Ramsey IAMED Igor Stravinsky Isadora Duncan James McManus Janet Emmons & Tom Whitten Jillina & The Sahlala Dancers Joseph Campbell Julia Cameron Laurie Williams Light Rain Lisa & Tony Potts Love (true and blue) Lyman Paul Bushkovski Madame Lucy Mahduri Dixit Meagan Chandler Michael Drumm & my Temptation Sisters Morocco & her meanderings My CO music buddies My students Mucho Mas Club Musicians too numerous to count Nadia Gamal Natacha Atlas RhiAsfar Robin & Jim Kunze Ruth St. Denis Santiago & Kari Barela Shawn Barrow Solace Suzanna del Vecchio Tom & Jan Pratchios Neon & Scott of World Dance NY W.L. Steffens All of you who believed in me when I didn't know how to believe in myself, who held in safe keeping those pieces that I thought I had lost forever, who reminded me not to take myself so darn seriously all the time, and who have shared a perspective of life that is different from my own... |
Image by Bob Goldhamer, courtesy of Temptation of Belly Dance |